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Allahabad HC orders UP to relocate Hathras victim family in 3 months
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to rehabilitate and relocate the family of the 2020 Hathras gang rape and murder victim to Ghaziabad or Noida within three months,…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to rehabilitate and relocate the family of the 2020 Hathras gang rape and murder victim to Ghaziabad or Noida within three months, after finding 'unnecessary resistance' by the state in complying with earlier court orders. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Jaspreet Singh set aside the state's February 22, 2025 decision that offered relocation only to Kasganj, Etah or Aligarh, calling it 'no decision in the eyes of law' for ignoring the family's request.
The court noted that despite its orders of September 2024, November 2024 and January 2025, the state had not properly considered the family's plea. It warned the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to file a compliance affidavit or appear personally. The directions came in suo motu proceedings initiated in 2020 over the victim's cremation. The family had sought relocation to Ghaziabad or Noida, where relatives live, and the court ordered that once relocated, one family member must get a government job as directed in July 2022.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The court's direct order to pick Ghaziabad or Noida, rather than sending the matter back to the state, signals its view that the government's repeated offers of Aligarh, Etah and Kasganj were not genuine options for a family that has said it feels unsafe in Hathras. The case started as a suo motu proceeding on dignified cremation rights, but has widened into a test of how far a high court can go to enforce its own rehabilitation directions against a state government. The next date will show whether the Additional Chief Secretary files compliance or has to appear personally, which would be an unusual step against a senior officer.
The family has also been pursuing rehabilitation in Delhi before the Supreme Court. The Allahabad High Court's three-month deadline runs from Monday, so a concrete site and job offer should be on record by late August.
Source: livelaw.in
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